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You know what really pisses me off about the paul pelosi attack? Like, really just makes me want to eat some bacon?
I have seen cop training. I know what they do. One of the favorite training methods is a projected screen (to get things to life size), with some fancy tools to track where a fake gun/taser/pepper spray is pointed, and there are two guys running the computer in the background as an officer interacts with the scenario on the screen. The computer guys can change the scenario based on what is said/done/acted. There is a scenario that usually comes up with entry into a house where one person has a crowbar and is kneeling above another person lying supine beneath him.
The cops have a training scenario for this screams internally EXACT FUCKING SCENARIO! And they are ALL taught that the correct answer is to shoot the person with the crowbar if the scenario suddenly shows him lifting the crowbar for another strike.
That dude with the hammer should have been kirked.
The subtle difference was that Pelosi's attacker had his hands on the hammer as well as Pelosi and they were both white. It looks like they were unsure as to who the attacker was.